<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 transitional//EN"> <html><head><title>"Church of Universal Fellowship, Orono, Maine"</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="keywords" content="Orono, Fellowship, Universal, Church, Lent, Advent, Christmas, Easter"> <meta name="description" content="Orono's Church of Universal Fellowship is a faith community in the Christian tradition..."> <style type="text/css"> <!-- P {color: #000000; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;} BODY {color: #000000; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;} a {text-decoration: none; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;} --> </style> </head> <body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" alink="red" link="#000099" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" vlink="#000099"> <!-- -- THIS WHOLE-PAGE OUTER TABLE SETS THE BACKGROUND COLOR FOR THE PAGE --> <table bgcolor="#000066" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle"> <table bgcolor="#ffffff" width="800"> <tbody> <tr> <td><!-- -- THIS IS THE HEADER TABLE --> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" width="800"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"><font color="#330033" size="6">Church of Universal Fellowship, Orono, Maine </font><img src="thinpine.jpg"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><!--------THIS LITTLE TABLE INSIDE THE HEADER TABLE HOUSES THE SITE LINKS-------> <table align="center" bgcolor="lightblue" cellpadding="2" width="786"> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="worship.html">Gathering for Worship</a></td> <td><a href="talking.html">Talking Things Over</a></td> <td><a href="paths.html">Paths to Wholeness</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="music.html">Making Music</a></td> <td><a href="kids.html">Children &amp; Youth</a></td> <td><a href="year.html">A Year in Pictures</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="serving.html">Serving Others</a></td> <td><a href="fun.html">Fun &amp; Fellowship</a></td> <td><a href="room.html">Reading Room</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="calendar.html">CALENDAR</a></td> <td><a href="contact.html">Staff &amp; Contact Information</a> </td> <td><a href="index.html">Home Page</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-----THIS CLOSES THE LINKS TABLE----></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- -- THIS CLOSES THE HEADER TABLE --> <!-- -- THIS INNER TABLE IS ONE CELL WIDE --> <table align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" height="500" width="800"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div align="center"><img alt="" src="DirigoPines.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 252px;"><img src="guys.jpg"></div> <p><font color="#330033" size="5">Talking Things Over</font> </p> <p><big> <strong>Study Group</strong>: Periodically we have weekly evening meetings on a weeknight for six to eight weeks. Using DVDs or study guides, we explore such questions as "How can a loving God allow suffering?", "What does the Bible really say about homosexuality?" and "How should we understand the Bible?"<em></em><em></em> </big></p> <p><big> <strong>After Church Discussion: </strong>Sundays at noon in the Library <br> To see our plans for this year, click <a href="afterchurchdiscussion.html">here.</a><br> </big></p> <p style="color: black;"><big><strong style="color: black;">Lectionary Bible Study and Prayer:</strong><span style="color: black;"> Thursday evenings at 7:15 (Library) </span><br style="color: black;"> <span style="color: black;">This hour is based on the gospel reading for each coming Sunday as set out in the Revised Common Lectionary. We read the passage from a minimum of four different translations and primarily use the following discussion questions: </span><br> <span style="color: black;">What word or phrase catches your attention? </span><br style="color: black;"> <span style="color: black;">What is the message of the passage? </span><br style="color: black;"> <span style="color: black;">How does the message intersect with your life? </span><br style="color: black;"> <span style="color: black;">What is God asking us to do?</span></big></p> <p><big><span style="color: black;">The hour concludes with lifting up those in our church family in need of prayer and with thanks for the blessings in our lives.</span> </big></p> <p style="color: black;"><big><strong style="color: black;">Worship Re-told! </strong><span style="color: black;"> Mondays at 3:30 pm at Dirigo Pines in "The Pub" on the 2nd</span> <span style="color: black;">floor! All are invited who wish to come! The hour+ is spent relaxing in front of the fire and discussing the scripture and sermon from the day before with those who were there and those who were unable to come. Our Dirigo Pines members want all to know that they are welcome on any/all Mondays!</span> </big></p> <p style="color: black;"><big><strong style="color: black;">Book Group: </strong><span style="color: black;"> 7:00 pm on the 1st Friday of the month in The Gathering Place </span><br style="color: black;"> <span style="color: black;">Each month the group chooses a book to read and discuss. The time together is often quite lively! Books read over the past year include </span><em style="color: black;">The Kite Runner, Blink, Confucius Lives Next Door, The Solace of Leaving Early, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,</em><span style="color: black;"> and </span><em style="color: black;">The Secret Life of Bees.</em> Click <a href="movie-and-book.html">here <big><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"> to read more about book night.</span></big></a> </big></p> <p style="color: black;"><big><strong style="color: black;">Movie Night:</strong><span style="color: black;"> 6:00 pm on the last Friday of each month in the MacKenzie Room </span><br style="color: black;"> <span style="color: black;">Come and enjoy an evening of pizza, movie, and discussion (hmm...witty banter?!). Movies are chosen for their philosophical content or thought provoking context, and lively dialog follows each viewing! Click <a href="movie-and-book.html">here <big><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"> to read more about movie night.</span></big></a><big> </big>&nbsp;</span><em></em><em></em> </big></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- INNER TABLE NOW CLOSED---><!-- -- THIS ADDRESS TABLE SITS UNDER THE INNER TABLE --> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" width="800"> <tbody> <tr> <!---old bgcolor is ffff33---><td align="center" bgcolor="#cccc99" height="30"> <b><font color="#000099">Church of Universal Fellowship - 82 Main Street, Orono ME 04473<br> Office Phone: 1.207.866-3655 - Office email:<a href="mailto:office@churchofuniversalfellowship.org">cuf82@verizon.net</a></font></b> <a href="mailto:office@churchofuniversalfellowship.org"> </a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- -- ADDRESS TABLE IS NOW CLOSED--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-----BACKGROUND COLOR CONTROL TABLE IS NOW CLOSED----><!-- -- NEXT LINE CLOSES THE WHOLE-PAGE OUTER TABLE -- --></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </body></html>